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(No Model.) H. E. WARE.

DEVICE FOR DRIVING HORSES.

Patented Dec. 22, 1891,.

wih zsses UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY E. \VARE, OF AINSWORTH, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRED W.SISSON, OF SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR DRIVING HORSES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 465,504, dated December22, 1891.

Application filed March 24, 1891- Serial No. 386,270. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, HENRY E. WARE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ainsworth, in the county of Brown and State of Nebraska,have invented a new and useful Attachment for Driving Horses Hitched toHorse-Powers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in driving attachments for horse'powers, the objects in view being to provide an attachment to anyhorse-power of cheap and simple construction, and which will permit ofthe attention of the operator being given to the machinery, and at thesame time enablehim to keep the horse moving by the application of thewhip and while remote from the power.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the claims.-

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 isa perspective of a horse-drivingattachment to horse-powers, constructed in accordance with my invention.Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail in perspective of the whip supporting andoperating devices.

In the drawings I have'shown my invention applied to one form ofhorse-power; but it is obvious that attachment may be made with any ofthe horse-powers now in use.

In practicing my invention I attach to the central standard 2 of thehorse power a bracket 3, having a tube'or guide 4.

5 is the draft-beam, provided with the singletrees, and 9 is theleading-bar to which the leading-rein of the animal is connected.

One end of the beam 5 is provided with a bar 8, and the same is disposedat an angle to the beam and provided at one extremity with a fiat spring10, terminating at its upper endin a whip-socket ll,which by a screw 12clamps a Whip 13, and at its opposite end carries a loose pulley orguide-roller 14:. Alight rope or cord 15 is connected at one end to thewhip-socket 11, and hasits opposite end passed under the pulley 14 upthrough the tube 4,

which is located above the heads of the animals, and 01f to some distantpoint, preferably adjacent to the machine being operated by the power.

It will be understood that the standard ,2 rotates in the base uponwhich itis mounted, so that no twisting or winding of the reinsthereabout can occur.

The horses being harnessed to the singletrees, it is simply necessary tojerk the rope 15 so as to bring thewhip in contact with the horse, thusstarting him, and he in turn starting the other horse, and suchapplications of the whip may be repeated from time to time until thehorse is made to assume and continue the desired gait. Such requires nospecial attention upon the part of the driver, who may thus attend tothe running of the machine.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a drivingattachment to horse-power,

a draft-beam adapted for connection with the horse, a spring-supportedwhip-socket mounted on the beam, a guide located above the socket andout of the path of the horse, and a cord passed through the guide andconnected to the socket, substantially as specified.

a 2. The combination, with the fixed standard 2, having the tubularguide 4 and the draft-beam 5, of the bar 8, having the pulley 14, theflat spring 10 at the opposite end thereof, the whip-clampin g socket11, the cord .or rope connectedat one end to the socket, passed underthe pulley up through the guide, and'terminating remote from the power,and the singletrees connected to the ends of the beam 5, substantiallyas specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

. HENRY E. WARE.

\Vitnesses:

FRED W. SIssoN, MARTIN L. SPo'rswooD.

